Human Rights Watch investigations have documented war crimes against journalists and civilians in Southern Lebanon, including Israel’s widespread use of white phosphorus and other weapons supplied by the US. Israel’s use of booby trapped pagers and recent aerial bombardments targeting medical workers and civilian infrastructure in Lebanon have also raised alarm from human rights advocates like Ramzi Kaiss, a researcher in the Middle East and North Africa Division at Human Rights Watch investigating human rights abuses in Lebanon.

Read Human Rights Watch earlier report on Israel’s illegal use of white phosphorus here: https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/06/05/lebanon-israels-white-phosphorous-use-risks-civilian-harm

Lebanon’s prime minister Najib Mikati estimates that as many as one million people have been internally displaced as a result of Israel’s bombardment, which is straining the country’s infrastructure according to Kaiss.

Shortly after US and European countries tried to broker a ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon while Prime Minister Netanyahu attended the UN General assembly in New York last week, Israeli missiles struck the Lebanese capital, Beirut—killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. We discuss this latest attack with Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration.

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